my father

I sat silently listening to my father give me a twenty minute lecture on what a bad parent I am and how wonderful his parenting was.  He was laughing through some of it because he finds my parenting style laughable.  Here are some highlights:

We aren't firm enough with Doodle.
We shouldn't let our two-year old decide if she wants to talk to her grandfather on the phone, she should be made to do it.
It's comical to him when Doodle comes out of bed at night after being told to stay in his room.

This one-way conversation was on the heals of being asked to borrow a large sum of money to buy a multi-unit house.